New Delhi, Oct 21 Following are the top stories at 5 pm:
TOP STORIES
DEL27 BIZ-RUBIO-ADANI (2.33 PM)
**** Rubio meets Adani, Tata chiefs before heading to Jamnagar for Reliance refinery visit
Mumbai: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran in Mumbai on Wednesday morning before heading to Jamnagar in Gujarat to visit Reliance Industries’ giant oil-refining complex, the world’s largest single-site refinery, along with Vantara and giga factories being developed by the conglomerate.
DEL25 CONG-PM DAKSH (1.52 PM)
**** Modi govt has no moral right to remain in power: Cong flags ‘lapses’ in PM-DAKSH scheme
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday attacked the Modi government over alleged “lapses” in its PM-DAKSH initiative for imparting skill training to eligible individuals, saying a government that cannot even effectively implement a scheme has no moral right to remain in power.
NATION
DEL41 CONG-CBSE (4.38 PM)
**** ‘Vote Chor, Paper Chor Sarkaar must go’: Cong slams govt on CBSE OSM row
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday attacked the government over the CBSE on-screen marking row, saying the “vote chor, paper chor sarkaar” must go.
DEL19 CBI-ACTIVIST-3RDLD KILLING
**** CBI registers FIR into anti-drug activist’s murder in Punjab; Autopsy to be done at PGIMER
New Delhi: The CBI has taken over the investigation into the murder of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota in Punjab’s Mansa, with a team of experts reaching the state to examine all angles of the killing, officials said on Wednesday. ****
DEL44 ENV-UNEP-REPORT (4.58 PM)
**** Drastic emission cuts can help return to 1.5 degrees C warming by 2100: UNEP
New Delhi: With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimise the magnitude and duration of overshoot and return to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, according to a UNEP report. ****
DEL42 KUKI-WOMEN FORUM (4.51 PM)
**** Manipur crisis political, not security issue, says Kuki-Zo Women’s forum, seeks President’s Rule
New Delhi: Demanding the reimposition of President’s Rule in Manipur, the Kuki-Zo Women’s Forum on Wednesday said the crisis in the state is a political issue that cannot be resolved merely by deploying more security forces. ****
DEL38 PM-ETHIRAJ (4.22 PM)
**** PM Modi condoles death of Vummidi Ethiraj, jeweller instrumental in crafting ‘Sengol’
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday condoled the death of South India’s leading jeweller Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj, who was instrumental in crafting the historic ‘Sengol’ that was presented to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru when the country attained Independence in 1947.
DEL28 POLLS-EC-MANIPUR (3.01 PM)
**** Polls in 5 states: EC team in Manipur to review preparedness
New Delhi: A team of senior officials from the Election Commission is currently in Manipur to oversee preparations for the upcoming assembly polls.
DEL32 ENV-CAQM-GRAP (3.38 PM)
**** GRAP-1 curbs imposed in Delhi-NCR as air quality slips into ‘poor’ category
New Delhi: The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Wednesday imposed stage one measures in Delhi-NCR under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality slipped into the ‘poor’ category.
DEL36 RJ-GIB-FOX-KILLED (3.58 PM)
**** Captive-bred Great Indian Bustard killed by desert fox 4 days after release in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A six-month-old male Great Indian Bustard (GIB) was killed by a desert fox just four days after it was released into the wild at the Desert National Park in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district.
MDS17 AP-TDP-YSRCP-CLASHES (4.54 PM)
**** TDP, YSRCP cadres clash in parts of Andhra during local body polls nomination filing
Amaravati: Cadres and leaders of ruling TDP and opposition YSRCP clashed at a few places in Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as candidates went to file their nominations for local bodies polls.
DEL7 SHAH-POLICE-DRUGS
**** Police forces across country should work together to make India drug-free: Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said drug abuse threatens future generations and provides financial support to organisations involved in anti-national activities as he asked police forces across the country to ensure elimination of narcotics by the end of 2029. ****
LEGAL
LGD15 DL-HC-CJP-LD HEARING (3.26 PM)
**** Delhi HC refuses relief to CJP leaders challenging judicial custody
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the judicial custody of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, as it asked them to await the outcome of the hearing scheduled before the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM), and approach the appellate court if their grievance continues.
LGD10 SC-AP-LD CIVIC POLLS (12.48 PM)
**** AP civic polls: SC asks state election body to defer publication of final candidates’ list
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) not to publish the final list of candidates for upcoming urban local body polls in the state until October 26. The final list was scheduled to be published today.
LGD18 SC-LD VIJAYAN (4.10 PM)
**** CMRL bribery case: SC stays for a week probe against ex-Keralam CM Vijayan, others
New Delhi: In a temporary relief to former Keralam chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed for a week the investigation against him, his daughter and her husband in the alleged Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) bribery case.
BUSINESS
DEL37 BIZ-LD-SBI-DATA (4.00 PM)
**** SBI probes suspected dark web exposure of 3,897 customer records, no impact on business continuity
New Delhi: The country’s largest bank, SBI, on Wednesday said it is investigating the suspected exposure of 3,897 customer records containing personally identifiable information on the dark web, following alerts it received on October 16 from its threat intelligence service provider, the Defence Cyber Agency, and CERT-In.
DEL29 BIZ-JIO PLATFORMS-4TH LD IPO (3.50 PM)
**** Jio Platforms IPO bids cross Rs 50,000 cr after record 100 minutes sellout
New Delhi: Bids for Jio Platforms Ltd’s Rs 30,213-crore initial public offering crossed Rs 50,000 crore as the issue attracted demand for 2.35 times the shares on offer by mid afternoon on the opening day on Wednesday, after becoming India’s fastest-ever IPO to achieve full subscription within 100 minutes of opening.
FOREIGN
FGN9 US-TRUMP-INDIA-TRADE DEAL (7.52 AM)
**** India, US trade deal to be much different: Trump
Washington: The US and India are “pretty close” to making a trade deal, which will be much different than the earlier pacts, US President Donald Trump said here. By Sagar Kulkarni ****
FGN21 UN-INDIA-LD SPACE (12.02 PM)
**** Outer space should remain realm for cooperation, not conflict: MP Sudha Murty tells UNGA
United Nations: India has said outer space should remain a realm for cooperation, not conflict, calling for a legally binding international instrument to prevent an arms race in space.
(PTI News)
